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Species Cynips mirabilis - Speckled Gall Wasp

Oregon Oak Gall Wasp (Besbicus mirabilis), larva - Cynips mirabilis

wasp gall on Quercus garryana - Cynips mirabilis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)

Superfamily Cynipoidea

Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)

Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)

Genus Cynips

Species mirabilis (Speckled Gall Wasp)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cynips mirabilis Kinsey, 1922

Besbicus mirabilis

Remarks

An unidentified moth larva is sometimes found inside these galls:

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 31 December, 2008 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 1 November, 2015 - 6:33am

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